Indigenous Ally

Chipco Preserve has represented the Sioux Nation at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) and currently represents the Sicangu Lakota Oyate (Burnt Thigh Nation).  The UNPFII is a “high-level advisory body to the Economic and Social Council” that addresses indigenous economic and social development issues, culture, the environment, education, health, and human rights.  The Twenty-Second session of the UNPFII will be held 17 - 28 April 2023 at UN Headquarters, New York.  This year’s theme is: “Indigenous Peoples, human health, planetary and territorial health and climate change: a rights-based approach.”